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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Provo are investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl after tests showed she had an overdose of heroin in her body.
The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/1mAoTlV) that the documents unsealed Tuesday show that the girl's mother told police the child didn't respond when she checked on her after putting her to sleep on Dec. 2.
The baby was pronounced dead at a hospital. The warrants say an autopsy found codeine in her system as well as a lethal amount of heroin.
Authorities say they found drug paraphernalia at the house where the girl's parents were staying, and both the parents and the homeowners have histories of drug use.
Provo police officer Nick Dupaix says investigators are awaiting final toxicology results and trying to determine whose paraphernalia it was.
No one has been arrested.
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